Search Engine

Partnership

AltaVista

Feeds LookSmart
and Uses LookSmart's directory & ODP

AOL Netfind

Powered by Google

Ask Jeeves

Building own index, search results are then manipulated by Direct Hit with meta data from AltaVista, Excite, WebCrawler, and Goto.com (now owns AskJeeves)

Direct Hit

Using own database with supplemental results from ODP, and AskJeeves. Influences searches on HotBot, AskJeeves, iWon, ZDNET, and MSN.

Excite

Uses Looksmart directory. Owns and powers Magellan, and WebCrawler.

Fast (alltheweb.com)

Feeds Lycos.

Go2Net

Formerly called Metacrawler uses a variety of search engines including AltaVista, DirectHit, Excite, Google, Goto, Infoseek, Lycos, Looksmart, WebCrawler, and the only Meta search to use Thunderstone.

Google

Feeds Netscape Netcenter, gets from ODP, and feeds non-directory results for Yahoo and AOL. Has it's own sponsored links system

GoTo.com

Gets from Inktomi for non-paid results.

HotBot

Uses ODP, Primary results from Inktomi, ODP Directory, with results manipulated by Direct Hit

InfoSeek

Feeds Search.com and is now the major engine behind GO.com. Has own directory.

Iwon

Gets from Inktomi with directory listings by Looksmart, and the whole thing manipulated by Direct Hit.

Inktomi

Feeds, Hotbot, iWon, AOL search, Snap, Looksmart, MSN Search, Secondary search on MSN.co.uk and Goto. Also has dozens of customers in Europe and the Far East.

LookSmart

Has its own directory. Gets Search results from Inktomi and serves AltaVista directory, Excite, Iwon, MSN.co.uk and Search.msn. Also powers 2000 to 3000 ISP homepages.

Lycos

Now uses ODP Directory and Fast (AllTheWeb) search results. Some Direct Hit Data influenced.

Magellan

Uses WebCrawler

Netscape Search

Uses Google, ODP, About.com/Mining CO.

Northern Light

None

Open Directory Project (GnuHoo/NewHoo)

Feeds Netscape Search, AltaVista, Google Directory, AOL Directory, Hotbot, Lycos, Direct Hit, and thousands of smaller sites.

Overture

Overture powers sponsored links on many search engines including AOL Search, Altavista, Hotbot, Lycos, msn, Netscape Directory and Yahoo.com

Search MSN

Directory results from LookSmart. Results from Inktomi and Direct Hit.

Search.com

Gets from Infoseek

Snap

Gets from Inktomi and feeds own self built directory

Teoma

Part of Ask Jeeves. Designed to beat google, originally used Inktomi's database.

Webcrawler

Part of Excite

Yahoo

Uses Google for non-directory matches, Sponsered links for yahoo.co.uk provided by Espotting and for yahoo.com by Overture